Alvin S. Gordon

1.8k total citations
77 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Alvin S. Gordon is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alvin S. Gordon has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Organic Chemistry, 20 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 19 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Alvin S. Gordon's work include Combustion and flame dynamics (17 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (11 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (11 papers). Alvin S. Gordon is often cited by papers focused on Combustion and flame dynamics (17 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (11 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (11 papers). Alvin S. Gordon collaborates with scholars based in United States. Alvin S. Gordon's co-authors include Forman A. Williams, J. R. McNesby, S. Ruven Smith, Kozo Saito, Charles M. Drew, William P. Norris, Carl A. Heller, Liming Yuan, Chunxu Pan and D. C. Tardy and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alvin S. Gordon

75 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alvin S. Gordon United States 19 437 425 336 297 227 77 1.4k
Kenneth Schug United States 13 422 1.0× 407 1.0× 187 0.6× 125 0.4× 137 0.6× 41 960
P. J. Padley United Kingdom 18 329 0.8× 259 0.6× 163 0.5× 94 0.3× 201 0.9× 37 870
C. F. H. Tipper United Kingdom 18 213 0.5× 225 0.5× 297 0.9× 378 1.3× 130 0.6× 92 1.0k
D.J. Seery United States 17 432 1.0× 469 1.1× 196 0.6× 66 0.2× 190 0.8× 42 1.1k
Jeffrey A. Manion United States 22 319 0.7× 504 1.2× 277 0.8× 294 1.0× 190 0.8× 66 1.3k
J. Thomas McKinnon United States 20 226 0.5× 328 0.8× 799 2.4× 584 2.0× 76 0.3× 46 1.5k
L. Catoire France 23 354 0.8× 455 1.1× 499 1.5× 327 1.1× 654 2.9× 76 1.7k
D. R. Jenkins Netherlands 17 152 0.3× 169 0.4× 165 0.5× 85 0.3× 80 0.4× 31 733
George A. Jones India 9 127 0.3× 89 0.2× 232 0.7× 89 0.3× 141 0.6× 16 607
J.F. Pauwels France 25 905 2.1× 1.1k 2.6× 419 1.2× 70 0.2× 183 0.8× 71 1.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gordon, Alvin S., S. C. Li, & Forman A. Williams. (1999). Visible Flame Heights of Laminar Coflow Diffusion Flames. Combustion Science and Technology. 141(1-6). 1–18. 9 indexed citations
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Saito, Kozo, Alvin S. Gordon, Forman A. Williams, & William F. Stickle. (1991). A Study of the Early History of Soot Formation in Various Hydrocarbon Diffusion Flames. Combustion Science and Technology. 80(1-3). 103–119. 78 indexed citations
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Saito, Kozo, Forman A. Williams, & Alvin S. Gordon. (1987). A Study of the Two-Color Soot Zone for Small Hydrocarbon Diffusion Flames. Combustion Science and Technology. 51(4-6). 285–305. 10 indexed citations
4.
Saito, Kozo, Forman A. Williams, & Alvin S. Gordon. (1986). Structure of Laminar Coflow Methane–Air Diffusion Flames. Journal of Heat Transfer. 108(3). 640–648. 73 indexed citations
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Tardy, D. C., et al.. (1979). Thermal decomposition of labeled cyclohexene. A complex reaction involving a forbidden 1,2-hydrogen elimination. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 101(6). 1508–1514. 22 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alvin S., et al.. (1970). Hydrogen Exchange of Ketones on a Porapak Q Gas Chromatography Column. Journal of Chromatographic Science. 8(1). 63–64. 2 indexed citations
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Heller, Carl A. & Alvin S. Gordon. (1962). Unimolecular Decomposition of Vibrationally Excited Ethane and Ethyl Radicals. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 36(10). 2648–2653. 13 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alvin S.. (1962). Reactions of CF3 Radicals with Perfluoroacetone. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 36(5). 1330–1333. 13 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alvin S. & S. Ruven Smith. (1961). Elimination of Molecular Hydrogen from Alkyl Free Radicals. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 34(1). 331–332. 8 indexed citations
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Heller, Carl A. & Alvin S. Gordon. (1960). ISOPROPYL RADICAL REACTIONS. III. REACTIONS WITH HYDROGEN ATOMS. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 64(4). 390–394. 9 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alvin S., S. Ruven Smith, & J. R. McNesby. (1959). Some Reactions of the Allyl Radical. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 81(19). 5059–5061. 12 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alvin S. & J. R. McNesby. (1959). Isomerization of Primary n-Alkyl Free Radicals. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 31(3). 853–855. 31 indexed citations
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Heller, Carl A. & Alvin S. Gordon. (1958). Isopropyl Radical Reactions. II. Photolysis of Diisopropyl Ketone-d2. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 62(6). 709–713. 17 indexed citations
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McNesby, J. R. & Alvin S. Gordon. (1957). The Reaction of Methyl-d3 Radicals with Cyclopropane and Cyclopentane. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 79(4). 825–826. 18 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alvin S., et al.. (1957). On the Slow Reaction of Carbon Monoxide with Oxygen. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 27(6). 1418–1419. 1 indexed citations
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McNesby, J. R., Alvin S. Gordon, & S. Ruven Smith. (1956). The Reaction of Methyl Radicals with Deuterium. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 78(7). 1287–1291. 2 indexed citations
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Drew, Charles M., J. R. McNesby, S. Ruven Smith, & Alvin S. Gordon. (1956). Application of Vapor Phase Chromatography to Mass Spectrometer Analysis. Analytical Chemistry. 28(6). 979–983. 28 indexed citations
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Drew, Charles M., J. R. McNesby, & Alvin S. Gordon. (1955). A Kinetic Study of the Reaction between Nitromethane and Hydroxide Ion to Form Methazonate Ion. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 77(9). 2622–2626. 10 indexed citations
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Gordon, Alvin S., et al.. (1955). Structure of the Gas Phase Combustion Region of a Solid Double Base Propellant. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 59(8). 773–777. 60 indexed citations
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Smith, S. Ruven & Alvin S. Gordon. (1954). Precombustion Reactions in Hydrocarbon Diffusion Flames: The Paraffin Candle Flame. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 22(6). 1150–1151. 10 indexed citations

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